Fashionista
Fashionista > > >> Fashion icon Andre Leon Talley died recently at the age of 73. >> I never heard of the guy. >> I saw a vignette of him in which he claimed Queen Elizabeth is one of the best dressed...
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Side Effects
Side Effects >>> >>> Why are pharmaceutical companies required to include “possible side effects” as part of the content in their advertising? >>> It’s as if there’s no intermediary between the patient...
Read MoreThe Good Ole Day’s
Today’s Trying Times Are Tomorrow’s Good Ole Days I can’t take credit for this pithy aphorism, but the older I get the more I appreciate its enduring wisdom. Now that my wife and I are retired we have time to reflect on the...
Read MoreFool’s Gold
Fool’s Gold > This isn’t the 19th century version of pyrite, a mineral with a superficial resemblance to gold, ergo, “Fool’s Gold.” The 21st century version is every bit as true to the phrase, but has a totally different...
Read MoreVaccine By COVID
Vaccine By COVID >>>>> >>>>> I know it sounds bizarre and it doesn’t happen without risks. Yes, it’s unapproved by the FDA, but it’s salutary benefits against COVID’s most harmful effects is real...
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Vaccine By COVID I know it sounds bizarre and it doesn’t happen without risks. People who’ve survived being infected by COVID are left with anti-bodies that help them fight future contagions in much the same way as vaccines....
Read MoreSmall, Tall People
Small, Tall People >>> >>> These aren’t freaks of nature you might encounter at a traveling carnival…No…these are your friends, neighbors, family members, co-workers, celebrities…and, most evident and...
Read MorePulling Out TheStops
Pulling Out The Stops >> >> What do you do with people who ignore science, common sense, overwhelming evidence, cajoling even pleading from trusted advisers to protect themselves and others from the certain harm of a...
Read MorePulling Out The Stops
Pulling Out The Stops >> >> What do you do with people who ignore science, common sense, overwhelming evidence, cajoling even pleading from trusted advisers to protect themselves and others from the certain harm of a...
Read MoreYes, Virginia, Trump Is Still President
[Note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since...
Read MoreYes, Virginia, Trump is still President
[Note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since...
Read MoreTragedy And Comedy
Tragedy and Comedy > > Kyle “Rottenhouse” is a monster and joke all at once, but a surprising number of people see him differently: A hero…a victim…a righteous defender…a righteous self-defender…. > > He’s none of...
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